Safety and Risks of Engineered Nanomaterials

Engineered nanomaterials offer enormous potential in many areas of technology. The safety of ENM is the key to the success of several industrial sectors including electronics industry, consumer products, drug industry, food industry, paper industry, construction industry, aviation and space industry, and agriculture. However, without end users and customers’ confidence, nanotechnology has no future. There is need for additional research and knowledge on ENM that would enable setting of occupational exposure limits for these materials.